Primary battery.



H. CsA-NYI. PgImARY BATTERY.;

APPLICATION FILED HAY 14, 1913 il, 1 25,970., lajnened Jan. 26, 1915."

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H. GSANYI. .1

Y' `PRIMARY\BATTERY.

APPLICATION .FILED MAY 14, 191s.

41,125,970 Patented Jan.26, 1915.

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Specieetien of Letters atent.

` BTTERY.

piileation :led 'Mey 14,' 1913. Serial No. 267,683.

fiom/trudy concern." y y i lrnown tiet l, HENRY CsAzgrr, a t oil' the King ci' Hungary, residing N 'Voilv in the county of New York flew York, have int'f'ente'd new iproyernents in Primary Bet,- hicli the'following is a specificaiention -relates to a primary bat- -ichrnay he employed Wherever such ieneeded., but Which is designed more particulnrlyas a portable' battery,` that .may beshalren `or upset `While in use With'- out danger to itscontents 4fallingout, spilling or,interinpting its operation.

'lieprimary object of the present inventionis to provide a battery which, While heing tightly sealed. to prevent the electrovviyte.- escaping when turned troni an upright' position or severely sli-aken, is provided sith e, rent for the outlet oi' gases generated by chemical action of the elements, and having` an" opening4--for the insertion and removal o'f'tliezinc-elenient, and the introduc- 25 tion of the electrolyte, end is Aalso provided with a receptacle Within or without theA seal into, which. the-zinc is placed when Withdrawn from tliebattery.

,i primer-y batteries having e liquid elec-A 3@ trolytethe chemical action ofthe vrious elements genersteslnore orless within the cell which. must be permitted to esco lin .batteries which ere stationery or roi inovedthis is provided leaving the cells :open7 ylout in portable batteries, such for instance es arecerried .on the person to generete-.cnrrent for :i smell electric light,I anden-automobiles and .other types of Veit' loecoines necessary to seal the hat 'setlist however much they may he romtlie upriglit position orslialren ectroiyte vis prevented roni escaping. y type of battery, however, must be pro- Witli a 'ventto permit the .escape of y 'ond so arranged that the electrolyte sa inotescape through said vent. To ac- "iis olsiect in the present invention ges havey been arranged. at the .t yconnected et one end with or the sealed cell,"an l opening enel into theV atmosphere, seid er 'selves he inclined to any en: .i .tenl c and in :tact turinadl on .their side' enc,

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Fig. i is a side elevation illustratinf the` partition by which' the cell is sealed, the elements of the buttery mounted thereon and also the tortuous passages for permitting the outow of gases. 5 is a top plan View partly in section of the details illustrated in Fig. l. is. G is View illus trating a modiiierl construction.

ln the drawings l0 designates t". cell o? he the battery made preferably or. Celluloid or i'uhher and rectangular in cross section. Near the ton of the cell is a closure Dreierublv in the forni of s horizontal 'partition 11 sealed in posit-ion in any approved manner to prevent the escape of the :fluid electrolyte. A cover l closes the ton of the cell and may he secured thereon by any suitable Ineens. A negative clement i3 such as carbon, nro- 4iects downwardly from the partition ll into the cell and is tightly scaled to said partition. i threaded motel stein itin electrical connection with said clement through the cover l2 and. has Washer 15 and nut 16 screwed thereon. Surrounding the nut is an annulus i7 listing; o notch in its side through which one of the conducting' Wires 18 passes and is secured on the stern lll: by a thumb nut 19. About the center of the "partition a circular hole is 'made and a cylindrical sleeve 2O inserted therein :incl seeled fluid tight. 'The sleeve projects through e hole Q1 in the cover and forms the means by which the positive or Zinc element 2Q of the 1cattery is inserted. into the cell. The zinc element has :i sten-cer 93, met erably of rubber attached its upper enel that lits tightly and necks the zinc in the sleeve end. prevents the escape-of electro lyte if the lcattery should he iiiel over turned. A conducting" Wire 'connected to the zinc extends through me stopper 23. The exciting,` liquid or clectroly te 25 fills 'the cell to or nearly to the partition 'il und is ll extends' lsame passage. The zinc. in this battery is very often removed when it is desired to cut oil" the circuit of the batte'ry and to pro.

vide a place for storing the zinc, I prefer to provide a cylindrical water tight recep shaken or even overturned tacle 26 closed on the bottom extending into the cell from the partition 11 to which'it is secured fluid tight,and up through a hole 27 in the cover. A stopper 28 closes the upper end of the receptacle to prevent any Huid carried thereinto by -the zinc' from escaping should the battery be tilted. When the zinc is withdrawn from the cell` the stopper 28lis removed from the` receptacle and inserted in the sleeve 20. The zinc is then placed in the receptacle and its stopper 23 pressed tightly within the mouth thereof.

A sealed primary battery using a liquid electrolyte must ,llave avent for the gases generated by the chemical action ofthe electrolyte-on the' elements, but this ,vent must be so arranged as to permit free escape of the gases without allowingvl the electrolyte to flow out of thecell.whe'n the'latter is @his `is accomplished by means of one' or more -`jcircuitous Apassages betweenk theuiiartition 1l and the cover l2 communicatingt one end with the interior of the cell, 'and at the opposite end with the atmosphere. .As shown clearly in Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, 29, 30, indicate circuitous tubes or ducts, each communicating at one end as at 31 with the interior of the -cell l0 through a corner of the partition 11',

. the other, Where they turn in an upward direction and project a short distance through the cover 12. Connected to each upturned end 32 is a second transverse duct preferably and extendmg 1n the space between Isaid 1 in the form of a'n enlarged extension or cap erated in the cell.

tube 33 having a neck 34a at one end on its under side into which said 11p-turned end 32 is fitted tightly, and extending horizontally acrossthe top of the battery. The two cap tubes 33 lieparallel to each other and.

are closed at their ends, a small opening 34 being made in the upper side and preferably at an intermediate point on the length of each tube to form a vent for the gases gen- As is evident when the"- battery is in upright position, as shown the gases pass through the openingrs'lv into the tubes 29, 30, thence'to the upright portions of each tube and into the cap tubes 33 passing out of the latter tubes through'the vent 34. Should the battery be inclined out of perpendicular orev'en turned upon its sidel the electrolyte could not'escape through the passages owing to their tortuous'sl'hape, but

rise in the vertical portion to about thei point B, but not sufficiently high to enter the cap tube 33. These assumed positions are extremes, and a battery would very rarely be turned to such an extent but they show-clearly how even when so turned the electrolyte is prevented from escaping. In any position in which the battery may be turned whereinthe electrolyte enters eitherofthe-tubes 29 or 30, as soon as the battery is'restored to' an upright position the electrolyte owing to the inclination of the tubes.

will-immediately gravitate back into the cell.

. vAs a modification the zinc receptacle 2G mstead of pro] ecting into the cell 10 may be attached to the outside thereof, as shown in Fig. 6. The preferred form, however, is to place this receptacle within the cell.

' What I claim is ,w

-1. Afbattery cell having venting means 1n the top thereof, comprising oppositely disposed tubes each having an enlarged end extension, said tubes each communicating at one end with the gas space of the`ce1l at diagonally opposite corners, and with the atmosphere through an aperture formed in the enlarged. end extension at a point re' moved from the end thereof.

2. primary battery comprising a substantially rectangular Vcell for the elements tition extending across said cell near the top, a coverl furthe cell, a tubel communicating with the interior of said cell through said partition near onecorner of said cell partition and said cover to a pointnear th'e diagonally opposite corner, a second tube communicating with .the interiorv of said cell through said partition at a oint near o'ne' of the remaining corners o said cell f,and extending in the space between said v-cover and-said partitionV to the diagonallyi opposite corner, a duct connectedjwith each of said tubes atthe end thereof remote from the partition, said ducts being closed, extending transversely of said cel-l and each having a ventat an intermediate point on the length thereof.

3. A primary battery comprising a substantially rectangular cell for the elements including a liquid electrolyte, said cell having a closure forthe upper en d thereof, said cell having a duct communicating with the interior of said cell near one corner 105 including a liquid electrolyte, a' sealed parthereof and extending to a point near 4the diagonally opposite corner of said cell, said cell having a second duct communicating with said first duct near one end of said' cell and extending to a point near the diagonally opposite corner, a fourth duct communicatmg With said third duct near the end of said fourth duct and extending`- transversely to saidcell, said fourth duct having a vent` atan intermediate point on the length thereof. 4. A primary battery comprising a substantiall'y rectangular cell for the elements including a liquid electrolyte, said cell having a closure for the upper end thereof, said 'cell having a duct communicating with the with the inlerior of' 5. A primary-battery comprising a. cell for the elements 'including a' liquld electrolyte, a sealed partition extending across said cell near the top, a cover for the cell,

two circuitous tubes each communicatin at one end with the receptacle through diagonal corners of the partition and at their opposite end rojecting through the cover,-

and a cap tu e having an opening to the atmosphere connected to the projecting endV of each tube.'-

'6. 'A primary battery comprising ai dell for the liquid electrolyte, a sleeve mounted in the upper Wall of said cell, an element normally' disposed within said cell in contact Withsaid electrolyte, a yielding stopper carrying said element and normally plugging said sleeve, and a closed compartment open at itsupper end and adapted to ,ref

ceive said element and hold said stopper as'a plug in theupper end thereof, the interior of said compartment being cut-off interior of said cell near one corner thereof-'Hmm communication with the liquid elec- 'and extending to a point near the diagonally opposite corner of said cell, said cell trolyte.

primary battery comprising a cell having 'a second duct communicating withH for the elements, a sealed` partitlon exsaid iirst ductnear one end'of said second duct vand extending transversely of said cell, said second duct being closed and having a vent at an intermediate point on the length thereof, said'oellhaving a third duct to said cell, said fourth duct having aventcommunicating with the interior` of 'said cell at one of the other corners of said cell and extending to a point near the diagonally opposite corner, a fourth `duct communii eating with said thirdduct'near thel end of said fourth duct land extending transversely at anA intermediate point on the length thereof, said second and fourth ducts being disposed substantially parallel with the short sides of said rectangular cell.

tending across the same near the top, a tube vcomniunicati-ng at each diagonal corner of .said partition Withthe interior of the cell,

each tube extending around two y sides of the partition, and at an,l inclination thereto, the opposite endsof said tubes commumcating with the atmosphere, each through cap tubeprovided with a vent.

n testimony -whereof' I have hereunto set my'hnd 4in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

Witnesses: i

Y E. H. BICKERTON, y

J. GRANvnmMEYERs.

HENRY GS ANYL t 

